Economy Class & Beyond

Flight-Fight! Off to Birmingham Airport

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Flight-fight! Off to Birmingham Airport Flight-fight? Fight-FIGHT! Round 1: Booking and Check in Off to Birmingham Airport Round 2: Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham to Dublin Airport Interlude: Spotting in Dublin Dublin Airport Interlude: Finding the perfect Guinness Mug. Round 3: Ryanair FR666 Dublin to Birmingham Airport Quickie ride home And … [Read more...]

Flight-Fight! Round One: Booking and Check In

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Flight-fight! Aer Lingus vs Ryanair -  Booking and Check In Flight-fight? Fight-FIGHT! Round 1: Booking and Check in Off to Birmingham Airport Round 2: Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham to Dublin Airport Interlude: Spotting in Dublin Dublin Airport Interlude: Finding the perfect Guinness Mug. Round 3: Ryanair FR666 Dublin to Birmingham Airport … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: FR666 Dublin to Birmingham with Ryanair

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Time for another Snapshot - this time looking at flight FR666 between Birmingham and Dublin with Ryanair Wait.. the flight is FR666? Why yes. Yes it is. The flight to hell.... Maybe. The Plane It's a Boeing 737-800. Ryanair doesn't operate pretty much anything else for (yet). Boarding Boarding was from the 100 gates at Dublin (the low-cost pier). This pier … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham to Dublin Airport

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Time for a snapshot - today featuring on the short-haul experience with Aer Lingus flying EI263 between Birmingham to Dublin. Boarding Boarding was done by fare class, frequent flyer membership and finally "everyone else". (Yours truly was in the "everyone else" queue). Gate 57 is an odd gate at Birmingham Airport - mainly as it's a tarmac gate (one has to head down the … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: Mixing Business with Pleasure

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Two for the Price of One: Mixing Business with Pleasure In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main Cabin … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: The Long Road Home

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Two for the Price of One: The Long Road Home In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main Cabin Streamlined … [Read more...]

It’s 7:20 in the morning. I’m still too old for this

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Good morning from Birmingham International airport... Where I swear I'm getting too old for early starts.  Coffee helps way to much.  It's time I got my backside in the air today, as I head off to Dublin for the day.  Why? Why not. It was a grand total of £29.95 return... Which seems as good an excuse as any.  Although the world decided it would … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: BA967 Hamburg to London Heathrow T5

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Two for the Price of One: BA967 Hamburg to London Heathrow T5 In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main … [Read more...]